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Showing posts with label Conradin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conradin. Show all posts
23 April 2026

Manfred's Imperial Ambition

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After Manfred of Sicily  (née Lancia) was excommunicated by the pope in 1254, he handled it in two ways. The first was to talk to the pope a...
22 April 2026

Manfred Lancia

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We're going to look at the life of Manfred (1232 - 1266), who became King of Sicily. He was originally called Manfred Lancia, after his ...
21 April 2026

Charles and Sicily, Part 4

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Events were in place for a final showdown between Charles of Anjou , declared King of Sicily by Rome, and Conradin , teenage son of the las...
20 April 2026

Charles and Sicily, Part 3

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We left off with Manfred of Sicily killed during battle  (illustration) with the forces of Charles of Anjou  in 1265. Charles had been named...
18 April 2026

Charles and Sicily, Part 2

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Events were in place for Charles of Anjou , Count of Provence, to take over Sicily . His brother, King Louis IX of France, was behind him, a...
08 April 2026

Conrad, King of Jerusalem?

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Frederick II (1194 - 1250) was King of Germany, King of Italy, King of Sicily, and Holy Roman Emperor. He agreed to go on Crusade, but wante...
18 October 2024

The Romance of the Rose, Part 2

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The title of this blog post is almost "literal" in the sense that the Roman de la Rose was written in two parts: one by Guillaume ...
11 September 2023

The People on the High Hill

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The Hohenstaufens were a dynasty of German kings, many of whom also held the titles Holy Roman Emperor, Duke of Swabia, and (briefly) King o...
14 January 2023

The Kingdom of Jerusalem

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The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (sometimes called the Frankish Kingdom of Jerusalem) was a Western European creation established after the Fi...
13 January 2023

Conradin

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The Hohenstaufen family came from unknown origins to be Holy Roman Emperors from 1138 to 1254 (with a break of four years between 1208 and 1...